State v. Sosa-Alvarez

Defendant appeals his conviction for possession of a controlled substance. ORS 475.992. He assigns error to the trial court’s denial of his motion to suppress. We affirm.

Defendant was in a tavern where approximately 7 to 10 police officers were involved in a “controlled buy” of drugs. After an undercover officer obtained drugs from two of the patrons for $160, other officers, four in uniform, entered the tavern, arrested the sellers and took them to a patrol car. Most of the officers remained in the tavern and stood at different locations around the bar. They did not block the doors and had…